Owen Pikkert
Biographic Data
| ID | 9489775 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Owen Pikkert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Owen |
| FAMILY NAME | Pikkert |
| SIGNATURE | PIKKERT O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto Department of Philosophy, Jackman Humanities Building 170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5R 2M8 Toronto Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Leibniz on the Grounds of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
I examine several alleged grounds of the principle of sufficient reason in Leibniz’s philosophy. These include the nature of a requisite and a sufficient condition, the nature of truth, and the nature of harmony. I argue that Leibniz does not ground the PSR in any of these ways. Instead, he is committed to a value-based grounds of the PSR: God creates the best possible world, and the fact that the PSR obtains in this world contributes to it being…
The Modal Status of Leibniz's Principle of Sufficient Reason
Leibniz's principle of sufficient reason (PSR) is the claim that everything has a sufficient reason. But is Leibniz committed to the necessity or to the contingency of his great principle? I argue that Leibniz is committed to its contingency, given that he allows for the absolute possibility of entities that he claims violate the PSR. These are all cases of qualitatively indiscernible entities, such as indiscernible atoms, vacua, and bodies. Howe…
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The Modal Status of Leibniz's Principle of Sufficient Reason
Leibniz's principle of sufficient reason (PSR) is the claim that everything has a sufficient reason. But is Leibniz committed to the necessity or to the contingency of his great principle? I argue that Leibniz is committed to its contingency, given that he allows for the absolute possibility of entities that he claims violate the PSR. These are all cases of qualitatively indiscernible entities, such as indiscernible atoms, vacua, and bodies. Howe…
Leibniz on the Grounds of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
I examine several alleged grounds of the principle of sufficient reason in Leibniz’s philosophy. These include the nature of a requisite and a sufficient condition, the nature of truth, and the nature of harmony. I argue that Leibniz does not ground the PSR in any of these ways. Instead, he is committed to a value-based grounds of the PSR: God creates the best possible world, and the fact that the PSR obtains in this world contributes to it being…
Epistemology (2 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (2 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (2 works) · Contingency (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Harmony (color) (1 work) · Inference (1 work) · Mathematics (1 work)